Monthly Archives: November 2009

Here at Flying Pigeon LA, we sell bicycles made for regular folks to get from A to B without a wardrobe change and a bunch of extra gear. When it comes to reducing car trips, making people healthier and happier, and keeping local retail areas vibrant we can do a lot – but only so […]

The Flying Pigeon LA bike shop will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2009. We will be open the rest of the holiday weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). We are also in the midst of an insane Gold Line Extension Sale – bring in a Metro pass of some sort and we’re taking […]

It was way back in August of 2008 that LA Streetsblog posted a short film about bike parking amenities in Portland Oregon in a post entitled, “Corrals and Oases: Bike Parking in Portland” – but the gears have been turning here in LA since then.

Here at Flying Pigeon LA we’re sitting on last year’s bikes, getting ready for a bunch of new stuff in spring – and I’m thinking to myself, “You know what makes a train ride more fun? A bike ride to the train!”. Cycling and train riding are the perfect combination. Trains can do all the […]

I had a chance, this past Thursday night, to take part in a discussion (really more of a round-the-room introduction) with over a dozen bicycle personalities, advocates, activists, and just plain folks who ride. The round robin talk was produced and held at the Habeas Lounge and took place on Thursday, November 12, 2009 (which […]

Bike and Trains Study Tour, Netherlands from carltonreid on Vimeo. In honor of the Gold Line Eastside Extension opening this past Sunday, I have posted this interesting short film of MPs and Lords from the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group visiting the Netherlands in April 2009 with officials from British cycling organisations. Take note rail […]

We are heading to the outskirts of Chinatown to our favorite Cold War era Chinese/American mall. Complete with rusting elevators, stores full of inexpensive chopsticks and soup bowls and the ever famous, Empress Pavilion.

Well, it finally happened! Momentum Magazine finally got to L.A. – and the article running in this month’s issue, “Los Angeles” by Richard Risemberg, is thorough, honest, and full of some pretty neat images too. The Flying Pigeon LA bike shop and our neighbor two doors up, the Bike Oven, get a nice mention. Harv […]

A weblog out in Hong Kong recently passed its way into our filters on the interwebs with an entertaining discussion of the pros and cons of what appears to be a classic PA-02D Double Bar Flying Pigeon and Yeti mountain bike. http://bikesandbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/11/review-flying-pigeon-vs-yeti.html Not surprisingly, the Flying Pigeon’s utilitarian basket, civilized riding posture and all around […]